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Attitudes to tympanometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. J. Stoney*
Affiliation:
Liverpool
J. H. Rogers
Affiliation:
Liverpool
*
P. J. Stoney, FRCSEd., Senior Registrar in Otolaryngology, Singleton Hospital, Sketty, Swansea SA2 8QA

Abstract

A postal questionnaire revealed the widest possible spectrum of opinion regarding tympanometry. The reasons are discussed.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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